Bill Text - SB583 (2020)

Relative to the addition of climate and environmental sciences to the criteria for an adequate education.


Revision: Jan. 6, 2020, 3:33 p.m.

SB 583  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2020 SESSION

20-2780

06/03

 

SENATE BILL 583

 

AN ACT relative to the addition of climate and environmental sciences to the criteria for an adequate education.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Morgan, Dist 23; Sen. Rosenwald, Dist 13; Sen. Sherman, Dist 24; Sen. Kahn, Dist 10; Sen. Hennessey, Dist 5; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 21; Sen. Dietsch, Dist 9; Sen. Levesque, Dist 12; Rep. Moffett, Merr. 9

 

COMMITTEE: Education and Workforce Development

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill adds climate and environmental science to the criteria for an adequate education.

 

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

20-2780

06/03

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty

 

AN ACT relative to the addition of climate and environmental sciences to the criteria for an adequate education.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

1  Criteria for an Adequate Education; Science.  Amend RSA 193-E:2, III to read as follows:

III.  Knowledge of the biological, physical, and earth sciences, including climate and environmental sciences, to enable them to understand and appreciate the world around them.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.